Optical Cable (OCC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Optical Cable (OCC) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.83% in Q1 2026, up 143.08% quarter-over-quarter from 1.94% in Q4 2025, and up 1195.0% on a YoY basis from 0.06% in Q1 2025.
Optical Cable (OCC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Optical Cable's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.83% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 1195.0% year-over-year to 0.83%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.83% (up 1195.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.28%, up 1124.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 0.83% for Q1 2026 at Optical Cable, up from 1.94% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 13.88% in Q3 2023 to a low of 21.77% in Q3 2024.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.88% across 5 years, with a median of 0.83% in 2026.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed surged 2744 bps in 2022, then sank 3565 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 1.46% in 2022, then jumped by 137 bps to 3.47% in 2023, then plunged by 508 bps to 14.17% in 2024, then surged by 86 bps to 1.94% in 2025, then soared by 143 bps to 0.83% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.83% (Q1 2026), 1.94% (Q4 2025), and 0.25% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 480.96 Bn | 464.32 Bn | 10.08 Bn | 16.71% |
| 2 | Ciena | 69.17 Bn | 67.87 Bn | 625.52 Mn | 6.63% |
| 3 | Motorola Solutions | 68.03 Bn | 67.17 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 21.43% |
| 4 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 65.63 Bn | 60.79 Bn | 8.25 Bn | -0.78% |
| 5 | Lumentum Holdings | 61.32 Bn | 58.15 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 11.56% |
| 6 | Ubiquiti | 34.34 Bn | 33.97 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 87.31% |
| 7 | AST SpaceMobile | 27.21 Bn | 27.79 Bn | -69.36 Mn | -10.70% |
| 8 | Applied Optoelectronics | 13.45 Bn | 13.01 Bn | 43.92 Mn | -1.25% |
| 9 | Zebra Technologies | 11.38 Bn | 11.26 Bn | 742.00 Mn | 10.82% |
| 10 | Optical Cable | 105.70 Mn | 105.57 Mn | 5.37 Mn | 0.83% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 0.83% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -1.94% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -0.25% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -8.59% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -11.11% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -14.17% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -21.77% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | -15.41% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -5.19% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 3.47% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 13.88% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 11.88% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 8.42% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 1.46% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 7.93% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 7.34% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 8.31% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 4.26% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -7.05% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | -12.35% |